(19)
(11) EP 2 228 739 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
29.12.2010 Bulletin 2010/52

(43) Date of publication A2:
15.09.2010 Bulletin 2010/37

(21) Application number: 10155340.2

(22) Date of filing: 03.03.2010
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06F 17/30(2006.01)
 H04N 7/173(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA ME RS

(30) Priority: 12.03.2009 US 402897

(71) Applicant: Comcast Interactive Media, LLC
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Iwasa, Ken
    Rockville, MD 20852 (US)
  • Murray, Seth Michael
    Redwood City, CA 94062 (US)
  • Udani, Goldee
    361008, Gujart (IN)

(74) Representative: Watterson, Peer Marten John et al
Withers & Rogers LLP Goldings House 2 Hays Lane
London SE1 2HW
London SE1 2HW (GB)

   


(54) Ranking search results


(57) Content items and other entities may be ranked or organized according to a relevance to a user. Relevance may take into consideration recency, proximity, popularity, air time (e.g., of television shows) and the like. In one example, the popularity and age of a movie may be used to determine a relevance ranking. Popularity (i.e., entity rank) may be determined based on a variety of factors. In the movie example, popularity may be based on gross earnings, awards, nominations, votes and the like. According to one or more embodiments, entities may initially be categorized into relevance groupings based on popularity and/or other factors. Once categorized, the entities may be sorted within each grouping and later combined into a single ranked list.







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